AmeriCorps offers organizations an abundance of resources to help establish and manage effective service and member programs.

The Resource Center

The Resource Center is your online stop for tools and training resources to strengthen your volunteer or service program. Through The Resource Center you can search and acess online training tools, event calendars, and effective practices, as well as a catalogue of printed publications and videos available on loan. In addition, The Resource Center serves as a learning exchange where individual programs can share their innovations and effective practices with others. The Resource Center's content is generated by a network of more than 20 training and technical assistance providers. Visit The Resource Center.

Here are links to some of the most requested resources from TheResource Center:

• Training and Technical Assistance Resource Guide
• Building Blocks for Effective Service Programs. Building Blocks refer to the key components of well-managed and effective service and volunteer programs and include:
  • Board and Advisory Leadership
  • Community Collaboration
  • Financial Management
  • Infrastructure
  • Marketing and Communications
  • Organizational Culture
  • Program Accountability
  • Service-Learning
  • Staffing and Development
  • Volunteer Management
• Building a High Quality AmeriCorps Program
  From Blueprint to Implementation: New Program Start-up Guide. There are many components to the design and operation of a successful AmeriCorps program. This publication will help you understand the components and take you through the steps needed to initiate, organize, and maintain a well-managed, high-quality AmeriCorps program.
• Online and Print Publications

Effective Practices

• List of Effective Practices featured on AmeriCorps.gov
• Complete Directory of Effective Practices from the Resource Center

AmeriCorps Handbooks and Provisions

• 2005-2006 AmeriCorps Provisions
  • General AmeriCorps Provisions
  • AmeriCorps Education Awards Program Provisions
• 2004-2005 AmeriCorps Provisions
  • General AmeriCorps Provisions
  • AmeriCorps Education Awards Program Provisions
  • Special Grants
• 2003-2004 AmeriCorps Provisions
  • General AmeriCorps Provisions
  • AmeriCorps Education Awards Program Provisions
  • AmeriCorps Promise Fellows Provisions
• 2002-2003 AmeriCorps Provisions
  • General AmeriCorps Provisions
  • AmeriCorps Education Awards Program Provisions
  • AmeriCorps Promise Fellows Provisions
  • Special Grant Cooperative Agreement Provisions
• 2001 AmeriCorps Provisions
  • General AmeriCorps Provisions

Forms

Both official and sample forms are available online. Official forms are those required by AmeriCorps to manage your program. Sample forms, which are not official, have been provided by grantees and others.

• Official AmeriCorps Forms
• Sample Forms Library: a collection of unofficial forms of all kinds

Recruit Members for Your Project

To assist you in reaching a national pool of potential members, you can list your program opportunities in the online My AmeriCorps Recruitment System.

• Learn more

Additional Tools and Resources

• Recruitment Tools
• Media Kit Materials
• Guide to Working With the Media
• National Service Catalog: Order your national service gear (t-shirts, backpacks, stickers, folders, and other identity items)
• Search the Resource Center
• Resource Library
• Conference and Training Calendar
• Service-related Links